2024-06-08 17:51:23
Handball Bundesliga membership SC Magdeburg might have achieved one thing historic this season. However they suffered a bitter defeat within the Champions League semi-finals.
Defending champion SC Magdeburg missed out on one other place within the Champions League remaining and thus needed to bury the dream of the historic quadruple. The German champion and cup winner misplaced to Aalborg HB in a dramatic semi-final on the Last 4 event in Cologne by 26:28 (11:11). The Danish champion’s remaining opponent was then decided between the German report champion THW Kiel and Spain’s serial champion FC Barcelona.
“I am very disillusioned and unhappy that we weren’t higher right here. They performed effectively as a result of they’ve a number of the finest decision-makers on the planet,” Magdeburg’s skilled Magnus Saugstrup advised DAZN: “It is simply tough to defend.” Teammate Gisli Kristjansson added: “We definitely needed extra this weekend, however we did not have any actual momentum on this sport.”
In entrance of 20,000 followers, Icelander Omar Ingi Magnusson was the highest scorer with ten targets for Magdeburg, who additionally received the Membership World Cup this season. As a substitute of enjoying for his or her fourth title on Sunday, the SCM is now solely preventing for the meaningless third place.
Within the first Champions League duel between the 2 groups, neither of the rivals was capable of acquire a bonus for a very long time. The lead modified backwards and forwards continuously. Magdeburg rarely had the possibility to make use of its feared fast-paced handball. Coach Bennet Wiegert’s gamers repeatedly bought caught within the compact Danish protection.
There have been additionally just a few technical errors and dangerous throws. The sport went into the break with a draw. Even after the break, it remained an in depth match, which was solely determined within the remaining section in favor of the Danes and their high stars Mikkel Hansen and Niklas Landin.